John Williams (Salem)

John Williams (September 1752-22 July 1806) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 9) from 4 March 1795 to 3 March 1797, succeeding James Gordon and preceding Jonas Platt.

Biography
John Williams was born in Barnstaple, England in 1752, and he immigrated to the Thirteen Colonies in 1773 and settled in New Perth, Charlotte County (now Salem, Washington County), New York, where he established a medical practice. He served in the Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1777 and in the State Senate from 1777 to 1779, when he was expelled for fraud and theft. However, he was later exonerated, and he served in the State Assembly from 1781 to 1782, in the State Senate from 1782 to 1794, and in the US House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797. He died in 1806.